Device for sealing bottles.



H. P. ROBERTS. DEVICE FOR SEALING BOTTLES. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 8,1908.

91 6,198. Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

HENRY P. ROBERTS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE Fort SEALING BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Application filed June 8, 1908. Serial No. 437,240.

Sealing Bottles, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawin s, is a specification.

his invention relates to devices for closin the mouth of a bottle.

t frequently happens that only a portion of the contents of a bottle maybe required for use, but the cork or other closure having been madeuseless or destniyed by removal,

' it is often difficult to stop the mouth of the bottle securely enoughto reserve the con-- tents thereof unimpaired, t iis being particu larlytrue in cases in which substances are dissolved under pressure in afluid, as the contained in an efi'ervescing beverage.

It is the urpose of this invention to provide a seal or a bottle whichmay be readily attached to and removed from the bottle neck after theoriginal. closure has been broken.

The invention consists of a stopper of rubber, cork, or other suitablematerial, means for holding the stopper in the bottle mouth in adetachable manner, projections or reces'ses found near the top of thebottle neck, spring clips overlapping the stopper and the projections orrecesses, a releasing device connected with a clip, and in such peculiararrangements of parts and details of construction as will be more fullydescribed. I

The drawings show a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the bottle seal complete. Fig. 2, isa plan of the stopper and attachments. Fig. 3, is a side elevation ofthe same. 7 Fig. 4 ,is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 5, is a sideelevation of the same with releasing device folded.

Many ordinary bottles are adapted for use with my sealing devices, as itis on ynecessary to have a groove, a head, or some equivalent,

a near the top of the bottle to receive the attaching devices of thestopper. As illustrated the bottle neck a is grooved at b forming thebead a near the top of the bottle.

The stopper (1, preferably made of rubber, is formed with a projectingflange e that rests on the edge of the bottle month, while the mainportion of the stopper extends into the mouth of the bottle a shortdistance;

. Spring clips f are attached to the stopper 1n some convenient manner.The illustration shows the clips made from sheet metal integral with acentral plate that covers the top of the stop er, and the cli s are bentdownwardly over t 1e flange e of tie stopper, then inwardly toward theaxis of the sto mm to seat firmly in the groove b below the ead c of thebottle neck, the extremities 2 of the clips being flared outwardly tofacilitate their slipping over the said head 0 when applying the stopperto the bottle. Generally a thin disk of celluloid bearing printedadvertising matter will cover the central plate g, and the disk, platewith the clips, and the stopper may be united by a rivet Such a stoppermay be ap lied to and securely held in place in the bott e neck byforcing the clips] over the bead c, and the stopper might be removed bygrasping the late and pulling the clips over the head 0, wt for greaterconvenience one of the clips is prolonged into an arm as k which restsclosely against the bottle neck, so that, upon pulling outwardly on thearm its connected clip extremity It will pass over the head 0 andrelease the stop er from the bottle neck. As many bott es are now sealedwith metal caps crimped over the edges of the bottle necks, the arm 70may terminate in a claw as Z adapted for the removal of such caps fromlease the clip from the bottle neck, while permitting the arm to foldagainst the stopper as in Fig. 5, in which position the sealmg devicemay be carried in ones pocket.

Having described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of. the United States:

m 111.21 bottle seal, a sto )per, spring clips specifiaatitm thepresence 0f iv-:0 subscribto the stopper, a evice hinge-i a a ingWitnesses.

clip adept-ed in one position to release the stopper from a bottle andin another position to fold to the remaining slips, substantially HENRYP. EQBERTQ.

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as described. 7 GEQRGE QLARENDUN HOUSES,

in testimony whereof I have slgned tins CHAS. F.

